Seth Rance
{{short description|New Zealander cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Seth Rance
| image =
| country = New Zealand
| fullname = Seth Hayden Arnold Rance
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand
| death_date =
| death_place =
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2017–2019
| odidebutdate = 14 May
| odidebutyear = 2017
| odidebutagainst = Ireland
| odicap = 192
| lastodidate = 17 May
| lastodiyear = 2017
| lastodiagainst = Bangladesh
| T20Idebutdate = 29 December
| T20Idebutyear = 2017
| T20Idebutagainst = West Indies
| T20Icap = 76
| lastT20Idate = 6 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2019
| lastT20Iagainst = Sri Lanka
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| role = Bowler
| club1 = Central Districts
| year1 = {{nowrap|2008/09–2022/23}}
| clubnumber1 =
| columns = 4
| column1 = ODI
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = –
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = –
| top score1 = –
| deliveries1 = 105
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 110.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/44
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| column2 = T20I
| matches2 = 8
| runs2 = 10
| bat avg2 = 3.33
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 8
| deliveries2 = 162
| wickets2 = 10
| bowl avg2 = 24.50
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/26
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
| column3 = FC
| matches3 = 49
| runs3 = 910
| bat avg3 = 17.50
| 100s/50s3 = 0/4
| top score3 = 71
| deliveries3 = 8,017
| wickets3 = 152
| bowl avg3 = 27.55
| fivefor3 = 7
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 6/26
| catches/stumpings3 = 17/–
| column4 = LA
| matches4 = 72
| runs4 = 283
| bat avg4 = 10.48
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 45
| deliveries4 = 3,286
| wickets4 = 114
| bowl avg4 = 23.91
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/25
| catches/stumpings4 = 16/–
| date = 4 October
| year = 2024
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland-tri-series-2017/content/player/395057.html Cricinfo
}}
Seth Rance (born 23 August 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer who played domestically for Central Districts (the Central Stags) until late 2022. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in May 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/395057.html |title=Seth Rance |accessdate=29 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
Domestic career
Along with Brent Arnel, he was the joint-highest wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Super Smash, with fifteen dismissals.{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=11515;type=tournament |title= Records: Super Smash, 2016/17 Most wickets |accessdate=7 January 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=15 June 2018}}
In December 2021, in the 2021–22 Super Smash, Rance took his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/127325153/super-smash-seth-rance-zaps-otago-volts-with-fivewicket-haul-as-central-stags-stay-top |title=Super Smash: Seth Rance zaps Otago Volts with five-wicket haul as Central Stags stay top |work=Stuff |access-date=18 December 2021}}
Renowned for his prodigious late in-swing deliveries, Rance announced his retirement from New Zealand Domestic representative cricket in April 2024, after more than a year struggling to return to top form from a ruptured latissimus dorsi tendon.{{cite web | url=https://www.cdcricket.co.nz/newsarticle/139662 | title=Central Districts Cricket Association }}
International career
In April 2017, he was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/1090282.html |title=Latham to lead NZ in Ireland, uncapped Rance in squad |accessdate=6 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his ODI debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 14 May 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1033363.html |title=Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2nd Match: Ireland v New Zealand at Dublin (Malahide), May 14, 2017 |accessdate=14 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.{{cite news |title=1st T20I, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Dec 29 2017 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1115798.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=29 December 2017 |accessdate=29 December 2017}}
References
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External links
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Category:New Zealand cricketers
Category:New Zealand One Day International cricketers
Category:New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers